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tom coburn and dick durbin are here, and we'll turn to both of you in just a moment. but we want to start with some new information from chief white house correspondent major garrett and congressional correspondent nancy cordes who are here. i know you have both been speaking with your sources this morning, and, nancy, what's the latest? >> reporter: nora, democrats will at this point are very pessimistic that leader reed and leader mcconnell will be able to strike that deal that they were so hopeful about 24 hours ago. the two staffs worked late into the night. they trade proposals will back and forth but democrats tell us they are just still too far apart on taxes. democrats was soset the limit at $250, 000, let the tush of bush tax cuts expire for people making more than that. republicansment that limit to be higher, and they're also far apart on estate taxes. they will meet with their caucuses later today and at that point we expect they're going to tell their members they just weren't able to make out a deal on this. >> o'donnell: major, you have been talking to
tom coburn and dick durbin are here, and we'll turn to both of you in just a moment. but we want to start with some new information from chief white house correspondent major garrett and congressional correspondent nancy cordes who are here. i know you have both been speaking with your sources this morning, and, nancy, what's the latest? >> reporter: nora, democrats will at this point are very pessimistic that leader reed and leader mcconnell will be able to strike that deal that they...
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senator tom coburn, medical doctor, senator and author. appreciate you being on this edition of booktv's in depth. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see your online. tight the offer or book title in the search bar on the upper left-hand side of the page and click search. you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the cage and selecting the format. booktv screens online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. and now on c-span2 we bring you booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books. here are the programs the lookout for this weekend. at 5:00 eastern a look at nixon and a 1950 election with kevin madsen. at midnight robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. tomorrow in light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff and 2:00 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. elizabeth ames, leo hand and george gilder always in. watch this and more all weekend lon
senator tom coburn, medical doctor, senator and author. appreciate you being on this edition of booktv's in depth. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see your online. tight the offer or book title in the search bar on the upper left-hand side of the page and click search. you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the cage and selecting the format. booktv screens online for 48 hours every weekend with top nonfiction...
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when you have people like conservative republican senators like tom coburn, kay granger, tom cole, speaking up and saying, this is the right thing to do, for goodness sakes, let's get it done. >> congressman? >> i'd ask the senator, just do the math. if you go to a small family-owned business in bakersfield, california, that hires my friends, hires my neighbors, with the new tax rate they pay 37%, 39%. california, add another 13.8%. is it fair that any american pays more than half of their income into taxes? and that's before sales tax. that's more than paying for the cable tax. should we make it a more efficient, accountable government? the spending is the issue, senator. >> may i respond? >> the president proposed a plan that you didn't even vote for. >> may i respond? 97% of american businesses are exempt from any tax increase because of the proposal by the president to protect people making less than $250,000 a year. 98% of all americans are going to be exempt from paying any higher taxes. if and only if speaker boehner will pass the bill that we sent him in july to protect middle incom
when you have people like conservative republican senators like tom coburn, kay granger, tom cole, speaking up and saying, this is the right thing to do, for goodness sakes, let's get it done. >> congressman? >> i'd ask the senator, just do the math. if you go to a small family-owned business in bakersfield, california, that hires my friends, hires my neighbors, with the new tax rate they pay 37%, 39%. california, add another 13.8%. is it fair that any american pays more than half...
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host: senator tom coburn, here's what he had to say recently -- guest: tom coburn said the exact same thing two years ago. we have long conversation, phone. he said we are trying to get to $0.50 trillion spending restraint -- $2.5 trillion. john boehner has reiterated that we have not focused on the debt ceiling sufficiently, he has said you have to cut spending if you want to raise the debt ceiling. tom coburn thought you had to raise taxes to support that. he was wrong. we got the spending restraints are written into law, because we took tax increases off the table. tom coburn went into the gang of 64 months and months and had to walk out of the room because dick durbin and the democrats were not willing to reduce spending. he had to call me and say that i was right and he was wrong. in his conversation with dick durbin he learned that we're not interested in cutting spending -- they're not interested in cutting spending. only when you take tax increases off the table -- and coburn's strategic thinking was just flawed. but after understand where the other team is coming from. if you
host: senator tom coburn, here's what he had to say recently -- guest: tom coburn said the exact same thing two years ago. we have long conversation, phone. he said we are trying to get to $0.50 trillion spending restraint -- $2.5 trillion. john boehner has reiterated that we have not focused on the debt ceiling sufficiently, he has said you have to cut spending if you want to raise the debt ceiling. tom coburn thought you had to raise taxes to support that. he was wrong. we got the spending...
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host: senator tom coburn, here's what he had to say recently -- guest: tom coburn said the exact same thing two years ago. we have long conversation, phone. he said we are trying to get a $2.5 trillion spending restraint. john boehner has said and reiterated that we have not focused on the debt ceiling sufficiently, he has said you have to cut spending if you want to raise the debt ceiling. tom coburn thought you had to raise taxes to support that. he was wrong. we got the spending restraints are written into law, because we took tax increases off the table. tom coburn went into the gang of 64 months and months and had to walk out of the room because dick durbin and the democrats were not willing to reduce spending. he had to call me and say that i was right and he was wrong. in his conversation with dick durbin he learned that they're not interested in cutting spending. only when you take tax increases off the table -- and coburn's strategic thinking was just flawed. but after understand where the other team is coming from. if you put taxes on the table, they cannot focus on any thin
host: senator tom coburn, here's what he had to say recently -- guest: tom coburn said the exact same thing two years ago. we have long conversation, phone. he said we are trying to get a $2.5 trillion spending restraint. john boehner has said and reiterated that we have not focused on the debt ceiling sufficiently, he has said you have to cut spending if you want to raise the debt ceiling. tom coburn thought you had to raise taxes to support that. he was wrong. we got the spending restraints...
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today's guests include finance committee member tom coburn and democratic senator stabenow. share elect republican representative henserling and the co-chair. fox news sunday with chris wallace, today's sitting down with chuck schumer of new york and republican senator bob corker, a member of the senate banking committee. also today, the israeli ambassador to the u.s. talking with managing director of the imf, christine lagarde. at 4:00, "face the nation." bob schieffer talks with alan simpson and erskine bowles, co-cahairs, and cory booker. they're all brought to you as a public service by the networks. they begin at noon with "meet the press." 1:00, abc's "this week." and 4:00, "face the nation" cbs. listen on 90.1 in the d.c. area and satellite channel 119. you can listen on your smartphone or go online to cspanradio.org. >> the supreme court will look at what was passed in 2008 by a majority of 6-3 and they will say it is precedent. indiana had a voter i.d. -- >> the indiana case was constitutional for them to establish identification. they did not say that all of the st
today's guests include finance committee member tom coburn and democratic senator stabenow. share elect republican representative henserling and the co-chair. fox news sunday with chris wallace, today's sitting down with chuck schumer of new york and republican senator bob corker, a member of the senate banking committee. also today, the israeli ambassador to the u.s. talking with managing director of the imf, christine lagarde. at 4:00, "face the nation." bob schieffer talks with...
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. >> well, i think tom coburn makes a good point there. gives you much more money to work with in order to broaden the base and simplify the code and bring down rates. >> are you, erskine, this is kind of a hard question, and you might be touchy about this, but -- and i'm going to be politically incorrect because i'm using the term reservation. i guess it's a native american allusion. are you on the reservation with this white house? or are you off the reservation? because you've criticized them for not immediately being more serious about adopting the findings of their own commission. you feel like you get as much respect? do they listen to you? all can you get through? will they say yeah, put them right through? >> oh, yeah, i talk to jack frequently, i talk to the president several times. you know, we don't agree on everything. but, you know, again, you know, i go back to giving these guys a lot of credit. they're the ones that appointed this commission, they're the ones that gave people like me and allen a voice. >> then they told you
. >> well, i think tom coburn makes a good point there. gives you much more money to work with in order to broaden the base and simplify the code and bring down rates. >> are you, erskine, this is kind of a hard question, and you might be touchy about this, but -- and i'm going to be politically incorrect because i'm using the term reservation. i guess it's a native american allusion. are you on the reservation with this white house? or are you off the reservation? because you've...